GRE Word List
FESTER
to generate pus
The meaning of the word fester is to generate pus.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |